PSY100H1- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 220 pages long!)

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Prof hours: thurs 10-12 ss 5016d (cid:498)the purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. (cid:499) What comes to mind when you hear the word (cid:498)psychology(cid:499)- the science and the. )t(cid:495)s the study of human experience: vast majority of psychological studies is based on (cid:498)normal(cid:499) people, study of behaviour (moi) Simple definition= the study of the brain, the mind, experience and behaviour. It is a diverse discipline and there is a lot of misconceptions. Not just physical behaviour, but thinking and feeling too (average, healthy individual) not just deviant people: you will not be reading minds, psychology is not the art of manipulating people. By the end of today, you should be able to : define psychology in your own terms, have a sense of what the expectations are in the course, ability to apply beneficial psychological knowledge to your own life.